The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-31

NEW DESIGNS OF EMBOSSED STAMPS
for stamped envelopes of one, two,
four and five cent denominations. The
head of Franklin mas been selected for
the one-cent stamp and the heads of
Washington, Jackson and Grant for the
two, four and five cent denominations
respectively. The general design of the
side and following the oval shape of the
stamp is the legend United States
postage" instead of ~. S. postage" as
on the stamp now in use. This new
series will be ready for issue about Nav
Sst. The border of the one-cent adhe
siye stamp has been slightly modified to
conform to the design of the two-cent
stamp.
Pending the selection and preparation
of permanent offices for the use of the
inter State commerce commission,
TEMPORARY QUARTERS
have been secured with the United
States geological survey.
In response to request from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, AS
sist ant Attorney General Montgomery,
to-day, rendered an opinion upon the
construction to be placed upon certain
ambiguous sections of the Indian lands
seVeralty act, passed at the last session
of Congress, in which he holds that
Indians who have heretofore received
an allotment of a. less quantity of land
than is provided for in said act, are en-
titled to receive
AN ADDITIONAL, ALLOTMENT
sufficient to make the entire quantity
allowed equal to that named in the act.
The opinion also holds that the work of
making allotments may be by either a
special or a regular agent, without the
concurrence of the other.
THE COMMISSIONERS.
An the interstate commerce commits.
sioners, except Bragg, are in this city
tonight. Colonel Morrison has been
here since the adjournment of Congress
and Walker arrived during the day,
while the later trains brought Judges
Cooley and Shoemaker. Captain
Bragg is expected tomorrow morning.
Ats O'Clock, in accordance with the
suggestion of the President, conveyed
by letter to each of the commissioners,
the latter will assemble IN the Office of
the Secretary of the Interior, receive
their commissions and be sworn into
office. What will afterwards be done
they cannot say, as they have not yet
had time for consultation. Walker said
he had seen none of his associates, ex-
cept Colonel Morrison, and up to half
past 8 o'clock Judge Cooley had not
seen a single member of the commission.
having been busy since his arrival at 8
o'clock with other matters de-
manding immediate attention. AS
Judge Schoonmaker did not
reach his hotel until almost $50, he
also had of course, no opportu nifty to
ascertain the views of his fellow-com-
missioners. The members of the COM
mission, for this reason, uniformly
DECLINED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR
FUTURE COURSE.
1t was thought the commission would
organize tomorrow to decide upon
some plan of procedure, but nothing
could be definitely learned on this
point, and some of the commissioners
expressed doubts as to their right to
take any official action whatever prior
to April 9Th, when the official life Of
the commission begins. The probable
tiles are, therefore, that to-morrow's
meeting will be one for censulta-
ton only. The members of the
commission did not say anything about
the various questions which have arisen
regarding the
PROPER INTERPRETATION
to be given the disputed provisions of
the law. Judge Cooley unoffcially ex-
pressed the opinion that it will be i'm
possible to interpret the law untilfcases
necessitating such Interpretation should
come up in practice, and he thought it
would be best for the commission to
take up, in order, the questions as they
should arise and determine what inter
probation should be given the provisions
applicable to each case.
Secretary Whitney is considering the
plans submitted by the board appointed
to ascertain the amount of plant re-
quired to equip The
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
as an ordnance foundry. He has been
in consultation with the ordnance
officers and it is probable that the plans
ultimately decided upon viii be made
public in short time. While the re
port of the board will form the basis oil
the scheme of the reconstruction of the
yard, yet considerable reduction will be
made in the expenditure proposed by
it, mainly in the direction of utilizing
many of the buildings now standing;
instead of tearing them down and
building new ones as recommended by
the board. As soon as the plans are
decided upon,
WORK WILL BIZ BEGUN
on the machinery and plant. Very few
large tools for the finishing Of heavy
ordnance can be procured by purchase
in this country, so that it will be peces-
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